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"In the face of government ignorance, we persisted and won. No one gave us anything."
- Organizer Kitty Cone

Discover a remarkable, overlooked moment in U.S. history when people with disabilities occupied a government building to demand their rights and won. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 made it illegal for any federally funded facilities or programs to discriminate against disabled people, but four years later one missing signature stood in the way of the law taking effect.

At last, in April of 1977, frustration turned into bold action. A diverse coalition launched protests across the country, and in San Francisco, more than 100 people began a 26-day occupation of the Federal Building to insist on getting civil rights. On April 30, the occupiers emerged victorious from the longest unarmed take-over of a federal building in US history after the Head of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) had finally added his signature to the 504 regulations.

Patient No More provides content that can be applied to the classroom to satisfy the disability curriculum requirement of California’s 2011 Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act. In addition, the traveling exhibit includes exhibition text in braille, large-print panels, audio description tracks, and audio-described and captioned videos to make the show as accessible as possible.

The colorful freestanding panels provide a flexible layout, are easy to install, and are designed to fit a variety of venues – including, but not limited to, libraries, museums, community centers, lobbies, and government buildings.

Accompanying DVD with short videos featuring original oral history footage by 504 protesters (including an overview video) and 4 videos featuring victory speeches and protest songs from the occupation, which include American Sign Language (all audio-described and captioned)

Programming suggestions and resources

Instructions for a "selfie station" that asks visitors to consider what makes them "Patient No More"

TOP: Protesting in San Francisco, 1977; by Anthony Tusler. MIDDLE TOP: Patient No More installed at the Marin County Office of Education. MIDDLE BOTTOM: Protesting in San Francisco, 1977; by Anthony Tusler. BOTTOM LEFT: Celebration in Denver, 1977; by Dave Buresh. BOTTOM RIGHT: Celebration in San Francisco, 1977; from the SF Examiner Archive, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley.